https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461320
Bug ID: 461320
Summary: [Feature] Allow per-file override of BiDi paragraph
detection
Classification: Applications
Product: kate
Version: 22.08.2
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: part
Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: o...@geek.co.il
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY:
When editing a file that contains BiDi text, Kate implements paragraph
direction detection on a per-line basis, i.e. when the file has some lines that
start with a strong LTR chracter and some that start with a string RTL
character, then different lines use different paragraph directions (start
rendering from the right or left side of the window). This makes editing the
text very confusing, especially when both LTR and RTL lines are being wrapped
from different directions.
Ideally, IMHO there should not be paragraph direction in a line-based text
editor (as opposed to a word-processor, see for example bug #144495), but if
Kate wants to support editing in RTL mode - which will be useful for editing
texts that are written completely in an RTL language - then a button to enable
document wide RTL mode would be useful, similar to how a spreadsheet
application handles RTL spreadsheets, by enforcing the RTL context on the
entire sheet.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a text file with where the first strong directionality character is
sometimes LTR and sometimes RTL, for example, a CSV where the first column is a
number and the second column is a list of names in their original spelling,
some English and some, lets say, Persian.
2. Open the file in Kate
OBSERVED RESULT
Some of the lines a left aligned and some are right aligned.
EXPECTED RESULT
All the lines should be aligned the same way.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma:
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.100.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
See screenshots of example mixed alignment files.
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